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148. Calymperes [Hyophilina) nigrescens Broth. Geh. 

 n. sp. 



Dioicum : caespitosum, caespitibus rigidis, densis, ni- 

 grescentibus, apice tantum viridibus; caulis 1 cm altus, basi 

 fusco-radiculosus, e basi jam dense foliosus, simplex vel 

 furcatus; folia sicca imbricata, marginibus involiitis, apicalia 

 contorta, humida patentia, canaliculato-conoava, e basi brevi, 

 superne dilatata oblongo-liguiata, obtusa, plerumque apiculo 

 obtusiusculo terminata, rarius in processum styloideum con- 

 tracta, c. 3 mm longa, in parte dilatata basis c. 0,7 6 mm 

 ]ata, marginibus erectis, in parte basilari minute serrulatis, 

 ill parte laminali integris, nervö basi c. O, o 8 mm lato, cum 

 apice evanido, dorso scabro, cellulis subrotundis, 0,oo7 — 0,oio 

 mm, pellucidis, papillosis, cancellinae rectangularis vaginam 

 aequantis breviter rectangularibus, ad costam maximis, 5—6 

 seriatis, dein angustis, pluriseriatis, teniolae intramarginalis, 

 supra vaginam vix distinctae angustissimis, biseriatis, lute- 

 scentibus. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. Queensland, Bellenden Ker Range (Mrs Gribble 

 in herb. Melbourne). 



149. Barbula Louisiadum Broth. n. sp. 



Dioica; caespitosa, caespitibus densis, late extensis 

 viridissimis; caulis usque ad 2 cm altus, erectus, e basi jam 

 dense foliosus, furcatus; folia sicca incurvo-imbricata, spi- 

 raliter contorta, humida erecto-patentia, carinato-concava, 

 omnia subaequalia, e basi breviter ovali lanceolata, obtusa, 

 mucronata, c. 2,5 mm longa et c. 0,57 mm lata, marginibus 

 e basi ultra medium folii leniter revolutis, integerrimis, ner- 

 vö crasso, viridi, in mucronem hyalinura, acutum excedente, 

 dorso dense papilloso, cellulis hexagono-rotundatis, 0,oo7 — 

 0,010 mm, dense papillosis, obscuris, basilaribus quadratis, 

 ad nervum rectangularibus, pellucidis, laevibus. Caetera 

 ignota. 



Patria. Louisiades, Rossel Island, ubi ad terram m, 

 Apr. 1898 detexit W. Micholitz. 



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